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AlexS
Lorraine mentioned at the top of her programme this morning about the "Royal wedding rumours" between Harry and Meghan, I turned the TV off before the actual feature though. Surely, assuming she knew about it in advance, this was treading the line on the embargo slightly.
Simon McCoy was tweeting about the rumours last Thursday...
JO
I hope this isn't some kind of reference to Paul Burrell.
BBC London during the main sensibly had the Royal puff at the end of the bulletin.
I hope this isn't some kind of reference to Paul Burrell.
RK
How many would be involved in Mishal's interview (or did the palace provide a crew for sedredy)? Did the BBC or the couple choose Mishal? And how did the BBC keep this secret (the complete interview and the engagement)'from within the organization?
Apparently it was first and last story on ABC World News (per a comment in the TVNewsTalk chat) and the CBS Evening News. On NBC Nightly News it was the second story four minutes in.
I imagine when the wedding occurs it will be broadcast on the major networks.
Congratulations to the couple. Wish them the best.
Apparently it was first and last story on ABC World News (per a comment in the TVNewsTalk chat) and the CBS Evening News. On NBC Nightly News it was the second story four minutes in.
I imagine when the wedding occurs it will be broadcast on the major networks.
Congratulations to the couple. Wish them the best.
RK
Odd program start on BBC World inlieu of Hardtalk. The continuity announcer just said "Now on BBC World News a change to our publisher schedule.". It cut to the "Royal Engagement" animation as the open with no music and what appears to be Huw Edwards in studio A mid sentence. It seemed to be very sloppy. After the brief minute long introduction they are airing the interview. I think they could have retaped the open.
DA
The BBC website has got so excited about this that they've forgotten Prince William exists:
Quote:
It could be that the Queen makes the same kind of move in the cases of Kate and Meghan, and dusts off a long-defunct royal dukedom - Sussex (the favourite for Harry and Meghan), Albany, Connaught, Clarence and
Cambridge
are among the vacant ones.
SW
It's two miles down the road. You can do that on the tube.
Presumably the idea is that they're no longer sending anchors out to anywhere in the world at the drop of a hat, but clearly they're already there for the various reports, and it's in London, so there's no issue at all. There's no hard and fast rule.
I thought as part of the cut-backs, there would no longer be on-location pres on the news channel, yet Jane Hill has been at Kensington Palace all afternoon.
It's two miles down the road. You can do that on the tube.
Presumably the idea is that they're no longer sending anchors out to anywhere in the world at the drop of a hat, but clearly they're already there for the various reports, and it's in London, so there's no issue at all. There's no hard and fast rule.
UK
I don't believe in this instance there was an embargo in the traditional sense. The announcement will have been given to the Press Association to release at 10am - you could say that was an embargo, but an embargo would normally be used when multiple outlets were given the news with a 'not to be reported before x' time.
There may have been a few more people who were tipped off to expect it but not given a formal time. As has been said it was a badly kept secret that an announcement was coming, infact there was a false alarm just last week.
There may have been a few more people who were tipped off to expect it but not given a formal time. As has been said it was a badly kept secret that an announcement was coming, infact there was a false alarm just last week.
UK
It will have been a small handful of people involved in a multi-camera interview like that. It'll have been a BBC organised crew (although possibly a mix of staff and freelancers).
As for keeping it secret - crews and staff in news are used to working on sensitive stories (or those that can't be widely discussed) all the time. Part of working in news is an understanding of what you and can't talk about. It wouldn't be unusual for a colleague to go off to work on a story that they couldn't tell you about until later, or if they did tell you you'd know to keep it to yourself.
The BBC will have wanted final say over who the interviewer was. They may have told the couple (via Kensington Palace) to be polite but I don't believe the BBC would have allowed the couple to choose. Sometimes the choice is obvious - for example when Prince William got engaged Tom Bradby did the interview as he was / is a friend of the Prince - and indeed was a guest at the wedding.
Royal interviews tend to be shared out / taken in turn between the BBC, ITN and - in the past few years - Sky.
How many would be involved in Mishal's interview (or did the palace provide a crew for sedredy)? Did the BBC or the couple choose Mishal? And how did the BBC keep this secret (the complete interview and the engagement)'from within the organization?
It will have been a small handful of people involved in a multi-camera interview like that. It'll have been a BBC organised crew (although possibly a mix of staff and freelancers).
As for keeping it secret - crews and staff in news are used to working on sensitive stories (or those that can't be widely discussed) all the time. Part of working in news is an understanding of what you and can't talk about. It wouldn't be unusual for a colleague to go off to work on a story that they couldn't tell you about until later, or if they did tell you you'd know to keep it to yourself.
The BBC will have wanted final say over who the interviewer was. They may have told the couple (via Kensington Palace) to be polite but I don't believe the BBC would have allowed the couple to choose. Sometimes the choice is obvious - for example when Prince William got engaged Tom Bradby did the interview as he was / is a friend of the Prince - and indeed was a guest at the wedding.
Royal interviews tend to be shared out / taken in turn between the BBC, ITN and - in the past few years - Sky.
SL
I think some on here are way over thinking the embargo thing. It had been pure speculation for a number of weeks that they had or were to get engaged due to a number things happening in Meghan's life over the past month. It's a simple as that, just joining up the dots and speculating what it could all add up to.
SP
Apparently Nick Ferrari on LBC had a guest on at 9.55 on Monday explaining why the announcement couldn't and wouldn't happen this week. Chris Moyles played a clip out yesterday.
If the news had been released under embargo I can't imagine they would have run that item and embarrassed the guest rather than delaying their contribution to react after the announcement.
I think some on here are way over thinking the embargo thing. It had been pure speculation for a number of weeks that they had or were to get engaged due to a number things happening in Meghan's life over the past month. It's a simple as that, just joining up the dots and speculating what it could all add up to.
Apparently Nick Ferrari on LBC had a guest on at 9.55 on Monday explaining why the announcement couldn't and wouldn't happen this week. Chris Moyles played a clip out yesterday.
If the news had been released under embargo I can't imagine they would have run that item and embarrassed the guest rather than delaying their contribution to react after the announcement.